Iran’s exiled prince claims Supreme Leader Khamenei ‘hiding like a rat’. Who is Reza Pahlavi?

Reza Pahlavi, the former crown prince of Iran’s pro-Western monarchy, is the son of the country’s last Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The monarchy was overthrown in 1979 after a mass revolution brought clerical leaders to power and led to the creation of the Islamic Republic. Amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran, Pahlavi has called for a change in leadership in Tehran, describing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a ‘frightened rat’ who has gone into hiding

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